Kawa Coffee

Kawa Coffee — now trading as Tanat — is a Paris-based specialty roaster with three retail cafés distributed across the French capital's central arrondissements. The operation rebranded in the mid-2020s, retiring the Kawa name for Tanat, a shift the company framed as a new chapter oriented around quality that extends beyond the cup itself. Founding date and founder are not publicly documented on the roaster's current site.

The roaster built its reputation under the Kawa banner, earning attention from international specialty coffee media before the rebrand. The Coffeevine described the original KAWA Boutique as "the showroom for one of the city's most progressive roasters," and the Paris-focused guide Drips of God includes Tanat — noting its former identity as Kawa — among the city's more significant operations. The transition to Tanat preserved the commercial infrastructure while repositioning the brand further into the specialty tier.

Tanat sources directly from producers across Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and other origins, with a clear emphasis on micro-lots and experimental post-harvest processing. The current lineup includes a Geisha from Colombia's Finca la Riviera processed via bioreactor and washed method, a Papayo variety from Aroma Nativo finished as hydro honey, and a washed Bourbon Rouge from Guatemala's Finca Villaure. The roaster also carries lots from Jamison Savage's Iris Estate in Panama — specifically the Symmetry lot — a sourcing choice that signals deliberate positioning at the upper end of the specialty market. Coffees are roasted to order and dispatched same-day.